Sprinkhanen / Krekels zijn heerlijk als ze krokant gebakken zijn met een beetje zout en een blaadje selderij. Nu moet je natuurlijk geen mond vol nemen , dan wordt de smaak een beetje te.
Maar gewoon als een chippie heerlijk met een biertje.
Tijdens mijn fietstochten op vrijdag middag is er de gelegenheid om ze te proberen, een locale markt verkoopt dan de lekkerste sprinkhanen van Chiang Mai.
Voor iedereen die het nog niet heeft geprobeert maar toch nieuwsgierig is , gewoon doen !!
Maar waag je alleen niet aan de andere insekten , dat kan vies tegenvallen.
Nee was niet goedkoop , maar e goed stukske vlees kan ook duur zijn!
Het is de afdeling van speciale vleessoorten struisvogel enz.
Je moet wel in een grote delhaize zoeken niet in AD of Louis delhaize.
hallo george ik heb weleens krokodil gegeten en het smaakt inderdaad naar kip en wel naar kippen borst om precies te zijn alleen is het minder droog en heeft het vlees minder structuur eigenlijk bijna geen structuur
ik heb het gegeten hier in nederland
zeg Fokke:ff off topic woon jij in Chiangmai? zoja kom jij regelmatig eten bij restaurant"benelux"? in de loh krow road.moest je daar komen kun je dan de groeten doen aan herman&julien de 2uitbaters van het cafe?zeg maar de georges van antwerpen(ze weten het wel)gegroet:georgessiam.p:s:chiangmai is zo groot om te verblijven.
Wat vind je allemaal op een markt in Thailand(exotische delicatessen)gefrituurde sprinkhanen,geroosterde kevers aan de spies,gemarineerde rauwe kippenpoten,gegrilde kwartelkoppen,gebraden termieten,soep met mieren eieren.In kiosken en op de markt verkoopt men allerei eiwitrijke kevers,larven en maden of geroosterde scorpioen als tussendoortje!!Wat denk je van;waterkevers die op kakkerlakken lijken en vooral vanwege de vulling met heerlijke eieren zeer gewild zijn bij de thaise bevolking!!Misschien een tip voor de mensen die bij hun schoonfamilie vertoeven tijdens het nieuwe jaar???Laat het u smaken,zou ik zeggen!!gegroet:georgessiam.
Geplukt van een andere website: Zie tekst hieronder.
Ja, de Thais eten (gebakken en gefrituurde) insecten, waaronder een kever die uit de mest van waterbuffels gepulkt wordt … Ze schijnen lekker te zijn, maar u kunt ze maar beter niet eten want vaak zijn ze gedood met DDT, een niet ongevaarlijk insecticide dat in de westerse wereld al lang verboden is!
Dus zie ik er nogmaals vanaf, en weet de schoonfamilie precies wat hun schoonzoon eet, Nongpang, SomTam Thai en niet poe pala, en nog vele andere dingen, maar insekten NEE no way.
Maar respecteer diegene die er behoefte aanhebben.
Ikzelf ben al kontent met “masserman kai”,verdomme ik ben er zo zot van!! masserman kai =coconut soup with chicken!!Ik zal blij zijn dat ik terug vertrek in december naar Thailand,en het eerst wat ik ga eten =???juist geraden.gegroet:georgessiam.
**Love them or loathe them, they’re big business and they’re here to stay **
Published: 9/05/2010 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: Spectrum
Insects have been a food source for people around the world for thousands of years. And while entomophagy, or the practice of eating insects, is uncommon in Western countries, it continues to be popular in developing regions such as Africa, Central and South America and Asia. There are about 2,000 species around the world that can be safely consumed.
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In Asia, insects are popular in Cambodia, China and Vietnam. In Thailand, locals eat about 150 types of insect, including crickets, silk worms and dung beetles. Edible insects are readily available at markets or from street vendors. They are popular not only for their nutritional content, but also for their crunchy texture and taste.
Almost every foreigner walking past a cart filled with trays containing different kinds of fried insect finds it hard to resist pausing to take a closer look, and wondering just what the strange delicacies are.
The more adventurous may be offered a free sample by the bug seller or even a customer, wanting to see their reaction.
“Many Thais love to eat insects, but some won’t touch them because they think they’re dirty, unhygienic and carry disease. From time to time, people say this to me, but if I can convince them to just try one, they usually stop complaining,” said Mr Vinai, who has been selling insects along Sukhumvit Road for many years.
HOLIDAY TREAT: Two tourists see what’s on offer at Mrs Lumyai’s stall on Khao San Road.
“There’s a perception - and this is even stated on various websites - that insects are only eaten by bargirls from the North or Northeast of Thailand.
But it’s totally false, because middle- and upper-class people, some driving expensive cars, often stop and buy insects.”
Mr Vinai usually arrives with his food cart in Sukhumvit Soi 24 at around 10pm, and carries on selling his insects until 2am.
“Business is good here because most of my customers are regulars, employed by nearby hotels. When they finish their shift, they come to buy insects,” Mr Vinai said.
“I send my friends to buy the insects at Klong Toey wholesale market, and I keep them in a refrigerator, but someone else fries them for me,” he added.
Mr Samran, a frequent customer, said: “I like to eat insects very much. They are cheap, delicious, nutritious and also good for the libido. After finishing work at 10pm, I stop here on the way home and buy about 20 baht of insects.”
ON THE SHELF: Ms Ratee’s tinned insects, left, and with customised labels, below.
He, like many others, usually eats his insects on the spot, while chatting with Mr Vinai and other customers.
Mrs Lumyai, who has been selling insects on Khao San Road for about 20 years, also buys her products at Klong Toey market, and goes there in the early morning. She cooks the insects herself.
“I sell from 6pm until 2am. My customers are equally split between foreigners and Thais. They all like them a lot, and I’ve had no complaints.”
She said that the best selling insects are grasshoppers, silkworms, ants and crickets.
“However, because the political unrest is keeping tourists away, business has been way down in recent months, not only for me, but other vendors as well,” Mrs Lumyai complained.
WHOLESALE MARKET
A visit to Klong Toey market is quite an experience. There are many vendors selling a wide variety of fresh produce, including vegetables, poultry, live fish, yellow frogs and edible insects.
Mrs Sakhon has been wholesaling insects with two of her relatives for about 10 years.
WHOLESALE PRODUCE: Mrs Sakhon’s stall in Klong Toey market sells insects from all around the region.
"I open at midnight and close around 9am. Three other wholesale shops nearby open at the same time, but close before 6am.
“We sell about 100kg of insects every day. Our customers are street vendors who come themselves or who place orders by phone, which we deliver to them,” Mrs Sakhon said.
She sells 12 types of insects from Burma, Cambodia and Vietnam, as well as Thailand.
"We have an agent who buys them for us at markets like Talat Rong Kluea in Sa Kaeo province bordering Cambodia and also in Mae Sot in Tak province, near the Burmese border.
“We sometimes buy insects at Talat Thai in Pathum Thani province. You often see Burmese and Cambodian people delivering insects there.”
She said one of the most popular Thai insects is called sading (a small cricket), which is bred on farms in Lop Buri, Khon Kaen, Roi Et and Korat.
"I sell dead insects, but when they are delivered to Talat Rong Kluea, which is the biggest insect market in Thailand, only live insects fetch a good price. If they’re dead they fetch much less, and sometimes can’t be sold at all.
“The insects are caught mainly in Cambodia and no poison is used, as some claim, because the traders at the market won’t really buy dead insects.”
FAMILY BUSINESS
If you go to Phitsanulok in northern Thailand, a visit to the Ruammalang mobile edible insect cart found in front of the Rachaphruk Hotel is well worth your time. They have been selling various types of insects for almost 22 years.
“We display edible insects on trays, which guarantees that many tourists, especially foreigners, stop and try them,” said Thongchart Nusu, who started the business about 25 years ago, but is now making sausages and meatballs, and has passed the insect business on to his 22 year-old daughter, Ms Ratee.
“I open at 4pm and close at 11pm every day. We wash the insects with water and let them dry. Then we boil them and deep fry them in clean oil until crispy, and season with sugar, salt, Magi and so on. We cook them every day, so they’re fresh every day. We also tin our insects for sale locally, but we’re not yet ready to export them,” Ms Ratee said.
"We’ve became a tourist attraction. Many tour groups, whether Thai or foreign come to our place to see the cooking process and to taste them as well. Most people like the taste and buy a tin.
“However, business has dropped compared to four years ago. It started to pick up again a few months ago, but after the political situation worsened, especially in Bangkok, business has gone down again,” Ms Ratee said.
She said that three or four years ago she could make 20,000 baht a day, but now she makes less than 8,000 baht a day.
“I sell about 10 kinds of insect,” she said. "They originate from various places such as bamboo worms from Laos and China, Bombay locusts from Talat Rong Kluea and giant water bugs from Burma and Cambodia.
"I get most of the insects from Cambodia, but in Thailand I can get bamboo worms from the North, silkworms from the silk factories in Phetchabun and crickets from Khon Kaen.
“The most popular are the bamboo worms, silkworms, Bombay locusts and the giant water bugs. The most expensive are bamboo worms, and I buy most of the insects from Talat Rong Kluea,” Miss Ratee said.
“I’m trying to improve the business and attract new customers with innovations such as taking pictures of customers and printing them as labels for the tins of insects. I sell two types of tinned insects. One has bamboo worms for 100 baht, and the other is mixed insects for 50 baht. We do the tinning at home.”
She said that about 90% of her foreign customers come from France, with the rest from other European countries and the US. As for Asian tourists, some are from South Korea and Japan, but there are very few compared to the Europeans. She has never seen a Chinese tourist at her stall.
FALLING SALES
Mrs Rujirej sells edible insects in the southern city of Hat Yai. She has a small shop with a few tables near to the bus station.
“I’ve been selling insects for about eight years. Before that I worked as a labourer on building sites. I sell about 10 kinds of insects these days, down from 15 in the past. Business started to drop about four years ago because of competition and fewer tourists,” Mrs Rujirej said.
"I used to sell at least 80kg of silkworms, 50kg of Bombay locusts and 7,000 to 8,000 giant water bugs, but now I can sell only about 10kg of silkworms, 5kg of Bombay locusts and no giant water bugs at all because they are too expensive.
“I buy everything at Talat Rong Kluea. I used to go there myself because it was worthwhile but since the business is not so profitable the insects are delivered to us on the public bus.”
Salern Mui, who lives in Cambodia, has been selling insects at Talat Rong Kluea for 20 years. She crosses the border every morning and returns in the evening.
“This market is the biggest for edible insects in Thailand, with more than 100 stalls, including 50 big ones. About 90% of the insects sold here come from Cambodia and the rest are local,” she said.
"Bombay locusts are the most popular insects, normally available from May to September, but as they are very popular, they’re stored in freezers and sold all year round. Bombay locusts come mainly from Pailin province in Cambodia.
“As with other edible insects, Bombay locusts are caught mainly at night.
People in Pailin catch Bombay locusts with their bare hands in cornfields. Many people, sometimes hundreds, will catch them because it’s extra income for them.”
Mrs Salern said that most of the insects from Cambodia are still alive when they reach the market. Dead or spoiled insects will turn red and are not saleable.
NOT ENTIRELY RISK-FREE
The Ministry of Public Health warns that those with allergies or asthma should avoid eating insects because they may contain high levels of histamine, a protein involved in many allergic reactions. In the case of a serious allergy, the result may be fatal.
Dr Suphan Srithamma, a spokesmen for the Ministry of Public Health, says that the consumption of insects in Thailand is increasing. Originally, insects were consumed mainly by country people who grilled or fried them, or used them in salads or soups, but nowadays insects are eaten as a snack.
However, even though insects are high in nutrients, they can be contaminated with pesticides.
The Thai Health Promotion Foundation also warns that people who have allergies avoid eating silkworms and wasp grubs, because they may result in fatal allergic reactions. And several medical practitioners contacted by Spectrum warned that patients with allergies should avoid eating fried insects.
Ik ga over anderhalve maand toch maar eens een krekeltje proberen, kakkerlakken hoeft niet zo van mij, als ik al denk aan de binnenkant… :o
Btw. krokodil smaakt lekker, tijdens één van mijn trips naar China op, evenals padden, slang, schildpad, e.d. (wat ik later te horen kreeg, anders had ik het allemaal niet gedaan).
Verenigde Naties roepen op om meer insecten te eten
**30 Maart 2008 - De Voedsel- en Landbouworganisatie van de Verenigde Naties (FAO) wil de consumptie van insecten promoten, niet alleen omwille van hun voedingswaarde, maar omdat het verzamelen of kweken van de beestjes voor werk zorgt in landelijke gebieden van ontwikkelingslanden. **
Met dat doel voor ogen organiseerde de FAO in februari een workshop in Chaing Mai in het noorden van Thailand, onder de titel “Bosinsecten als voedsel: de mensen bijten terug.” “We wilden vooral ervaringen uitwisselen tussen de verschillende landen en culturen waar insecten uit het bos worden gegeten”, zei FAO-bosbouwingenieur Patrick Durst op de radio van de VN, “Uiteraard hebben we ook oog voor de ecologische aspecten en de voedselveiligheid.”
Durst zei niet goed te weten hoeveel miljoenen mensen in de wereld voor hun voeding afhankelijk zijn van insecten. Wel geweten is dat in Afrika minstens 527 soorten insecten worden gegeten in 36 verschillende landen. In Azië staan insecten op het menu in 29 landen, op het Amerikaanse continent in 23 landen.
In de hele wereld zijn er meer dan 1400 insectensoorten die door mensen worden gegeten, soms uit noodzaak maar vaak ook als delicatesse. De meeste eetbare insecten komen uit vier grote groepen: 1. kevers; 2. mieren, bijen en wespen, 3. sprinkhanen en krekels, 4. vlinders en motten. De meeste insecten bevatten evenveel proteïnen als vlees of vis, meer nog als ze worden gedroogd. Sommige insecten die vooral in een larvaal stadium worden gegeten zijn bovendien rijk aan vetten, vitaminen en mineralen.
